Rachel Schmeidler
Rachel Schmeidler is an American multi-media artist based in Los Angeles known for transforming celebrity mugshots into art.[1] She explores themes of celebrity culture and communal schadenfreude.[2] Her work includes techniques ranging from painting and traditional silkscreening to experimental anaglyphic stereoscopic photography.[3]
Early life and education
Rachel Schmeidler was born in Israel and moved to Germany when she was 2 years old.[4] She lived in Germany, where she endured harassment and alienation [as a Jew]. Her father, a Holocaust survivor, moved the family to the Philadelphia, PA when she was 12.[5] Schmeidler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.[4]
</ref>
Artwork
Rachel Schmeidler has produced a series of artwork based on the mug shots of celebrities titled Hollywood Most Wanted.[6][7][8] She used traditional silk screening printmaking techniques and new imaging technology in the production of the images.[9] She also utilizes 3D stereo photography in her multi-media work.[3] Her work has received attention from both the traditional and celebrity media.[10] Subsequent series using mug shots expanded her subjects to include Jewish, Irish and Italian mobsters – in attempt to explore American history, immigration, and the Americana.[11]
Charity Work
Rachel Schmeidler is founder of Hollywood Least Wanted, a charitable organization dedicated to assisting the needy in Los Angeles, in particular homeless animals facing euthanasia at Los Angeles’ animal shelters.[12]
References
- ↑ Brooke, Anderson (Aired April 24, 2008), "Celebrity Mugshot Art", CNN, Los Angeles, CA, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved July 24, 2021 Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ David, Ng (March 4, 2010), "Celebrity mugshots receive their artistic close-up at Hollywood's ArcLight", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michelle, Hummel (December 2010), "Young Spock Rescues Dogs", Young Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, Archived from the original on July 31, 2018, retrieved July 24, 2021CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brad, Pomerance (December 10, 2009), "America's Jewish Mobsters", Jewish Television Network, Los Angeles, CA, archived from the original on August 25, 2011, retrieved July 24, 2021
- ↑
Yorke, Celine (2008 Preview Issue), "Hollywood's most wanted art: Q & A with celebrity mug shot artist Rachel Schmeidler" (PDF), Lucid Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13, retrieved 2011-01-07 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "Lindsay, Paris and Jane: mug shots as art". Los Angeles Times. 16 March 2008.
- ↑ "How to Look Good In Your Mug Shot". Gawker.
- ↑ Alonso, Guillermo (18 January 2020). "De la fama mundial a la desgracia personal: qué pasa cuando se hace pública tu foto policial". El País (in español).
- ↑ Brooke, Anderson (Aired April 4 & 5, 2008), "Celebrity Mugshot Art", CNN Headline News, Los Angeles, CA, Archived from the original on 2012-03-15, retrieved 2021-07-24 Check date values in:
|date=(help)CS1 maint: Unfit url (link) - ↑ "Milo Ventimiglia, Kristen Bell, Jack Coleman, Zachary Quinto and Rachel Schmeidler", INSTYLE, Los Angeles, CA, October 8, 2007, archived from the original on 2007-10-11 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Zuckerman, Mallory (February 3, 2009), "'Jewish Mobster' exhibit debuts at UF Hillel gallery", alligator The Independent Florida, Gainesville, FL
- ↑ Barnett, Lindsay (November 19, 2009), "L.A. Unleashed", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
This article "Rachel Schmeidler" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Rachel Schmeidler. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
|
This page exists already on Wikipedia. |
